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Mae Kok Tour | Karen Village, Boat Trip & Elephant Ride | Chiang RaiExplore Chiang Rai province by boat ride along the Mae Kok, visiting a Karen Long Neck tribal village
JJKT Tours: Mae Kok Life (half day)
- Take a cruise in a traditional long-tail boat along the Kok River.
- Experience an elephant trek through the jungle.
- Visit the Karen Hill Tribe (famous for their tradition of extending their necks with rings).
- Pick and Drop off from Hotel included.
- Choice of morning or afternoon departures.
Half Day Mae Kok Tour from Chiang Rai | Description
Immerse yourself in the fascinating culture of Northern Thailand and explore the beautiful terrain of this unique landscape on our unique Mae Kok Life tour!
Our half day tour, which can be undertaken either in the morning or afternoon to suit you, begins with an exciting trip down the scenic Kok River, on board a traditional Thai long-tail boat. As we lazily cruise along the water way, we will take in the sights of the countryside, and learn a little about the land that surrounds us.
After an hour, our boat will stop at Baan Ruam Mit village, home of the Karen long neck tribe; a fascinating people with the unique tradition of extending their necks with rings. From here, we will climb aboard our next method of transport, this time, your very own elephant! Few experiences can rival a trek through the jungle, bobbing gently on the broad back of one of these gentle creatures. After an exploration of the jungle and a chance to spot some of the wildlife that reside within, we return to the village and are given the opportunity to explore it on foot and get better acquainted with the locals.
To conclude our fun-filled tour, we then sail once again down the river, making one final stop at the Chiang Rai Meditation Center and a cave, sacred to local monks.
Our tour encompasses the best of the Chiang Rai region and gives you the chance to really develop an understanding of the traditional way of life; away from the buzz of the towns and cities.
Half Day Chiang Rai Tour Prices
Join regular tour: 900 baht per person
For private groups:
1 person: 3000 baht
2 people: 1800 baht each
3-4 people: 1500 baht each
5-6: 1300 baht each
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Orchid Asia Holidays Travel Co., Ltd. 51 Moo3 T,Maekeu District DoiSaket, Chiangmai, Thailand, 50220


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Syracuse-Arizona State Postgame Quotes
March 22, 2009
LARRY WAHL: We'll open up with an opening statement from Coach Boeheim, then we'll have questions just for the student athletes. Coach? COACH JIM BOEHEIM: You know, I thought we played you have to play well offensively against Arizona State and get ahead of them. You don't want to play from behind against them. I thought the key early is getting it inside. I thought our guys did a great job of getting it in there. And then after we got some inside looks, Andy came in and hit a couple threes. I thought defensively we did a good job. We wanted to get to Glasser and Harden. We knew that the we knew Kuksiks would shoot it and we didn't do a good job with him, but Abbott had a big game for them. He shot the heck out of the ball. But we didn't give them much inside, and we just wanted them to shoot a lot of threes and not get too much inside. But I thought we played extremely well. That defense is difficult to go against, a match up is very difficult to go against. Our defense is hard sometimes, too. But we've been playing better defense and our offense has been good all year. I give these guys a lot of credit. When they cut it to two, Jonny made a great penetration and kicked it to Andy and then he made a couple to get Eric the ball. They knocked down big shots. That was the difference.
Q. Eric, can you give us a sense of what's going through your mind when they got it to four? Was it panic? Was it still confidence? What was it? And also take us through the second three you hit, the one from the corner that you posed a little bit after on? ERIC DEVENDORF: Well, I mean, this is the NCAA Tournament so we know every team is going to make a run at us. Arizona is a great team obviously with a superstar in James Harden and James Pendergraph is a good player, as well. They made a run, but the guys we have on our team, even though Jonny is a sophomore, he's a veteran player, the best point guard in America, and Andy Rautins knocked down a big shot and I was able to get open from Jonny penetrating and kicking. After that second three, I don't know if I posed, I probably just stood there. It was a good pass from Andy, and I was able to knock it down.
Q. Andy, could you take us through the play that came right after that time out when they cut the lead to four and you ended up getting the ball in the corner? ANDY RAUTINS: Yeah, we knew we could get the inside screen there, and Rick kind of pinned him in there and Jonny had a little penetration and kicked it to me real quick after an inbound. I got it off pretty quick, and I wasn't too sure about taking the shot, but I let it go and it was good. It was just a great look all around and a well designed play.
Q. Jonny, could you talk a little bit about what you guys did against James. And were you surprised that you didn't try to force the action a little bit because it seemed like he was relatively passive for the entire game? JONNY FLYNN: Coming into the game you see him on TV, you know you hear about his name, First Team All American, NBA type talent on the college level. That kind of fires up. Every time you play against a guy with that much potential and that much ability on the basketball court, you're wired up to stop him. Coach really told us and did a good job of preparing us for making it a frustrating game for him. We thought coming to this game that he would get his points, but you wanted it to be hard points, you wanted there to be a hand in his face, you wanted to hit him, send him to the free throw line and make it a tough game. I was a little surprised that he didn't start forcing the action more, but he's a great player and he knows this team. I think we just did a good job of making it a hard game for him and letting nothing come easy for him.
Q. Andy, after not getting the knockdown like you wanted to on Friday how important was it for you to get that first three to go for your confidence? ANDY RAUTINS: Regardless as a shooter you have to keep shooting no matter what. That's your role on the team. Had I not made that first three, I would have kept shooting had I got the looks. But the first one did fall, got me feeling pretty good, and Eric and I, we didn't shoot the ball well last game and we came out and were stroking it well today. That's what good shooters do, they bounce back and they stay confident.
Q. Jonny, could you talk about attacking their 3 2 match up? It seemed like early on you guys were really able to get it inside which a lot of teams aren't able to do. JONNY FLYNN: I think we were really patient. When you play a match up zone like that, the key is they want to speed you up, they want to make you take quick shots and get on the glass and try to beat you down the court. But I think we really did a good job of working the ball around and hitting the corners. Like you said, whenever AO, when Jeff Pendergraph fronted him with things in the post, whenever we get an opportunity to throw it down Arinze, they weren't doubling off because you've got these two guys next to me hitting shots all the time. Just to get it in early and establish a post presence in the game, it really helped us out during the course of the game.
Q. You guys all three actually in the first half, the guards, combined for 12 assists and no turnovers. Any reason for that? ERIC DEVENDORF: We know what type of defense this is, what Arizona State has. Sometimes they can make you force the issue but you've got to be patient because you're not going to get an open shot the first go around. So I think that's what we did. All three of us were just patient and we took what was open. When we do that, good things happen, and we were able to get it down to Rick and Arinze a couple times, and on the reversals we were able to get a couple open threes.
Q. Jonny, for those of us that don't see you play every game all season, what was that wrap on your left arm? JONNY FLYNN: Well, I had this the whole season. I had bruised my arm earlier in the season, and we kept winning when I was wearing it, so I just kept it on the rest of the season, just kept playing. I guess it's a little good luck charm for us, I guess.
Q. This is for any of the players to answer: You guys seemed very cool when they did make a run. Can you just talk about the attitude of the team on the court today and your feeling about making a statement? JONNY FLYNN: Well, you know, coming into that time out when we were up four points, it's easy to get rattled. We were up, had a big lead, but Coach Boeheim really sat us down and said, "Look at the score, look at the time, and we're winning the game." You tend to lose focus just because a team makes a great run or starts hitting a couple shots, you start to think you're down when in actuality you're winning the game. He told us we're up, and he really kept us poised in the huddle and really put a nice game plan together, made a nice end game adjustment and we started working on it. And from there on out played great. COACH JIM BOEHEIM: And then they made three shots. LARRY WAHL: At this time we'll take questions for Coach Boeheim.
Q. That time out when they had cut it to four, was that designed to go to Andy or did it start with Jonny? COACH JIM BOEHEIM: We were going to go with a pick and roll and either go back and try to go inside or try to get the shooter in the corner. We hadn't been getting that shot in the corner that many times. They were pretty good at finding Andy. But he got just a little room, Harden was just a little late. Obviously the way the momentum of the game was, that was a big play. I think right away something happened on their end, they made a mistake or something, and missed a free throw or something, and we came back and Eric got the look in the corner, which was a hard no, I guess he got the open look first when Jonny penetrated, made a great play and kicked it out, and then the last one was a hard one. You know, Andy's shot was the difference in the game. That was the ballgame I thought.
Q. Just expanding on what Jonny was talking about with regard to Harden, can you talk a little bit about what your plan was for him and how it was executed. COACH JIM BOEHEIM: Well, the last game he was he moved the ball, and when they played him in the first game, in the Temple game, he didn't try to force anything. Glasser was shooting it, Kuksiks was shooting it, they were getting the ball to Pendergraph. Harden did nothing, he was really passive. And tonight when he was on the perimeter, we weren't concerned. If anything, we were going to let him shoot the three over the other three guys. As it turned out, Glasser had a bad day, but the other two guys had great days. Sometimes that happens. But when he went to the post, that's when we tried to drop our defense back in. He did get it in there, but he didn't get it as often in there as I think he would have liked to have it. My main concern coming into the game was him getting the ball in the post area. He's very good, he does go left, but he's good at it. I thought we made a couple defensive plays on him when he did go left, but we didn't want him to get going. When he's on the perimeter and he doesn't have something, he doesn't force it, he just moves it. They're a slow team. Against us I know they're going to take 30 seconds. The first play of the game they had a shot clock violation, over back, whatever it was. They're going to take their time. And when you play a team like that, you've got to be good on offense, you've got to get ahead and you've got to make them play a little faster, although they never do play any faster, so you just kind of have to use the clock. We made a couple really bad offensive plays to let it get to four. It should have never got to four. We made a couple bad offensive playoffs. Ricky missed a dunk, we missed a layup. Kristof got a rebound under the basket and missed it. You can't stop scoring. We had that one stretch where we didn't score. It wasn't our defense; we didn't score. That's how it got to four. We took the time out a couple times just to try to get our offense back going.
Q. Did you think you could dominate in the paint as much as you did, especially early, 31 to 8 in points total? COACH JIM BOEHEIM: The reason they play a match up is they're small. They play a match up to protect that area. You know, it's a great defense because you still can cover shooters, but you get help back inside. We did a great job early of getting it in inside and getting a lay up. Then when we got to AO on the second play, Ricky's guy came over, AO got the shot up there and Ricky tipped it in. We don't play the two big guys together that much because they get tired, so they were effective today early. But our inside game has gotten better as we've gone along. Ricky has gotten better. Arinze was great in the early part of the year. He got hurt, and he was ineffective for about eight games, and we happened to lose six of them. But we probably would have lost them anyway because we were playing Connecticut and Pittsburgh. When you play those games, you're ready for tough games. We're as ready as we can be for tough games. But he's just starting to get back to being effective again, and Ricky and him together are better now. And that's why we're better off on offense than I think we were.
Q. I know you don't like talking about it, but you're closing in on No. 800. How much would it mean to get that in the tournament? COACH JIM BOEHEIM: The next game. That's all we're trying to get. It doesn't mean a lot. We're going to play the team that's the No. 1 seed in this tournament if it weren't for Griffin getting injured. If he hadn't gotten hurt, they'd be the No. 1 seed. That's enough to worry about.
Q. You noted the other day that when both Eric and Andy struggle from the field that tends to be problematic for you guys. As you look ahead and try to build for the next game, how nice was it to see both of them shoot considerably better? COACH JIM BOEHEIM: We're a good shooting team. Jonny is a good shooter, too. He hasn't shot it that way well, I think he made one over there, but he's a good shooter, too. Nobody plays our zone. Nobody does. Because we shoot the ball well. The other day they had such a big lead I guess they figured they didn't need to make any. But I knew they would make shots today if they got them. They're both good shooters, they're good under pressure. They're going to make shots. But again, we don't see zones except a little bit maybe early in the year, but nobody played I can't remember the last time anybody has played our zone.
Q. Can you talk a little bit about when you play in a tournament and teams from out west or maybe the Big 12 like in '03 see your zone, what's different about it that can cause them to freeze up? COACH JIM BOEHEIM: You'd have to ask them. I don't know, ask them. LARRY WAHL: Okay, thank you very much.
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LARRY WAHL: We'll have Coach Sendek make some opening remarks and then open it up for questions from the student athletes. Coach? COACH HERB SENDEK: I certainly was impressed with Syracuse today. We knew going in that they were an outstanding team, and most certainly when you get a chance to compete against them up close and personal, that feeling is confirmed. I just was impressed with them in every facet of the game. As for us, I couldn't be more grateful for the opportunity that I had to coach these guys this year. It was a great journey. Today I think we tip our hats to an outstanding Syracuse team.
Q. Derek, what is most sort of frustrating playing against their zone? What impresses you about it? DEREK GLASSER: They did a great job of covering a lot of ground. It doesn't seem like they're there, and then all of a sudden they've got two guys there. You know, they do a phenomenal job of guarding the paint and covering a lot of ground.
Q. Jeff, just how difficult was it for you to have to sit there, your last game and you can't be there in the second half and help your team make a run? It had to be among the hardest things you've had to go through I would guess? JEFF PENDERGRAPH: Definitely because I feel like I'm just a great competitor, just to sort of see the game slipping away towards the end and there's nothing I can do about it, that hurt.
Q. Derek, you guys tend to shoot threes quite often, and everyone seems to shoot them a lot against Syracuse for obvious reasons. Do you think you almost relied on it a little too much in the first half, or were they taking away that many lanes inside? DEREK GLASSER: I think our offense created open looks and guys took the shots. You know, we didn't make as many as we wanted to, but you know, I don't think except for at the end, we didn't take really any bad threes, maybe one or two here or there, but except for the end I think all the shots we put up were good shots.
Q. This is for any of the players: It seemed like you kept a disciplined game under difficult circumstances. You closed it down to a four point lead. What were you thinking at that point? Did your engine start revving up or was it the difficulty of constantly playing catch up took its toll? DEREK GLASSER: You know, every team is going to make a run, and we made our run. And they called time out when we cut it to four, and they did a great job of converting it out of the time out and came out and hit a big three. I don't really know.
Q. James, you seemed to be more aggressive going to the basket in the second half than you were in the first half. Why was that the case? JAMES HARDEN: My teammates talked to me in the locker room. They said they needed me. I shouldn't have waited until the second half. I should have been aggressive in the first half as I was in the second half. But I was trying to be more aggressive, create more open shots in the middle of the zone. You know, that was basically it.
Q. James, two things kind of along those lines, the first one being after 1 for 8 Friday, did you carry any of that sort of back into today as far as maybe a little bit tentative on the offensive end? JAMES HARDEN: Definitely not. You know, yesterday when we had our practice, shooting a lot of shots and making a lot of shots, so definitely that confidence, the shots just weren't falling today. I had a lot of good looks, and like I said, I didn't make shots. We just didn't make shots that we needed to to cut the lead closer or even win the game.
Q. I know the season ended just a few minutes ago and I apologize, but there's been a lot of speculation about what you'll do next season. Have you given any thought to this point what you're going to do? JAMES HARDEN: Definitely not. We're still in the season. We had a game today. So was that the furthest thing from my mind. I still won't think about it. It's something I'll think about later with my coaches and my family.
Q. Derek, did you think you guys needed to play a near perfect game today going into this? DEREK GLASSER: I don't know if we needed to play a near perfect game, but we knew we had to play a really, really, really good game to beat them. We knew coming in that they're a very good team, and we knew that we were going to have to make shots, and we just didn't make enough today to win the game.
Q. Jeff, is that the best team you've played this year just in terms of offensively how many ways they can beat a team? I mean, they can shoot threes, get the ball inside, penetrate, they don't seem to have a lot of weaknesses you can attack. JEFF PENDERGRAPH: I would think so. That's what you should expect in the Tournament. You're going to play the best teams from everywhere. You know, they have a big inside presence. They exploited us with that earlier, and then we kind of started taking that away and then their guys started knocking down big threes. They're a high power offensive team. You can't have bums if they average 80 points a game. That tells you right there how good they can be offensively.
Q. You mentioned being a little bit passive in the first half. How much did their zone have to do with that? And is there anything different about their zone? You obviously played Arizona and other zone teams this year. JAMES HARDEN: They're definitely big all around, and they just I mean, they didn't do anything really. We've seen a lot of zones, so like I said, guys are going to make shots. And like at halftime my teammates talked to me and said, "I need you to be more aggressive." Not be more aggressive in scoring but to get them open shots, as well, or better looks. So that was my second half focus.
Q. Just reflect on the season and what you guys accomplished. I know you're disappointed, but you have to be proud of what you did this season. JEFF PENDERGRAPH: Looking back at this year, especially being the only senior, I'm really proud of our guys. Even how well we were supposed to do this year, we still had a lot of doubters and everything, and I still think even though we're disappointed in the loss today, we still had a productive year, and with Coach Sendek and the guys that are still here, this will be a great thing for them to build on for next year. I couldn't have asked for anything better from our guys, helping me out with my senior year. They left it on the line for me, and I couldn't have asked for a better senior year. LARRY WAHL: Thank you, guys. We'll open it up now for questions for Coach Sendek.
Q. I know you guys have been out here for a few days and getting used to the time change and all that, but is there something maybe to read into the fact that this was a 9:00 a.m. start locally for you guys, and the first half was obviously the colder of the two for you shooting wise? Could anything sort of be gleaned from that do you think? COACH HERB SENDEK: I don't think so. We've been out here, like you said, for several days. We're fairly acclimated to the time change.
Q. Did you feel prepared for the game? I mean, did you see what you were expecting, or was it more of a case of you just couldn't counter what you were expecting if that makes sense? COACH HERB SENDEK: I think we were as prepared as we could be, short of actually seeing them up close and personal and actually playing against them. You know, tape, and from a distance can only provide you with so much information, and there's nothing like actually seeing a team in person. We knew we had a great challenge today, and like I said in my opening statement, Syracuse's performance only confirmed what we already only confirmed the respect we already had for them.
Q. Over the years the Syracuse zone has given teams fits in the Tournament. Is there anything different or special about it that you can't prepare for, that you don't see on film that can freeze a team like it froze James today? COACH HERB SENDEK: Well, they've had a great deal of success with it through the years, and like Derek says, what is really pronounced when you're up close and personal is just the size and the way they cover ground. There's not a lot of openings to be found because they have great length, they have terrific athletes, and they cover ground so well. So what may seem momentarily open is quickly closed.
Q. When Ty hit the three to obviously get you within 61 57, two things: What was the mood in that time out? And then what happened on those next three Syracuse trips? Was it just Flynn simply just breaking people down, or was it just a late rotation? Could you put your finger on if it was one thing that happened on those next three Syracuse trips? COACH HERB SENDEK: Yeah, I don't know that I can simplify three possessions to one thing. But I will tell you this: That the mood of our team, as it has been all year, remained positive and very consistent, not just when we had cut the lead to four but throughout the game. We really tried to focus on the next play, tried to focus on the task at hand, and keep our poise and composure the best we could. And we didn't need to cut it to four to allow ourselves to have that mindset or feelings.
Q. You mentioned you didn't have many openings. Were you expecting to have to shoot that many threes or were you hoping to attack more against that zone inside? COACH HERB SENDEK: We wanted to attack the zone inside, in the soft spot, off the dribble, all those ways. But they do a great job of protecting the goal. They do a great job of protecting the paint. And if the defense is going to converge, then what's left is what we actually end up taking, which is the three point shot. Given our personnel and the way we matched up against Syracuse, you know, it was probably the best card we had to play today.
Q. I wonder if you could talk about James' game. Did you feel like maybe he needed to be more aggressive in the first half? Or just comment on his game in general. COACH HERB SENDEK: Well, I think we ask him to do so much that sometimes it's probably thoughtful and wise to take a step back and just recognize how much he really does. You know, it's easy in hindsight to say he could have been more aggressive, he could have done this. But part of the gift of his game is he really takes what's there. You know, I thought in the second half he gave us so many baskets that it may not be reflected on the stat sheet, either in the assist column or in the point column. Perhaps on a possession here or there he could have been more aggressive, but you know, he does a lot for us, and sometimes it doesn't show up on the stats sheet.
Q. With no disrespect to any of the other brackets or teams, of course, but when you first saw the field of 65 did you think that, A, the bracket that you were in was by far the deepest, and now that you know you knew coming in today who the other three teams were, is that maybe as elite a regional, whether it was going to be you or Syracuse? Was that going to be as deep a regional semifinal as we've seen in a while? COACH HERB SENDEK: I find it difficult to make those assessments, and I don't spend a lot of time trying to compare and analyze. I know for us all week we were really focused on Temple. And then once we were fortunate to win that game, we zeroed in on Syracuse and treated this as a four team tournament for Arizona State. So I really didn't spend a lot of time looking at that. I knew this was a heck of a bracket and I'm sure if we would have been placed and won somewhere else, I would have said the same thing. LARRY WAHL: Thank you, Coach.
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When I write about retirement and retirement planning, I frequently mention that I aim for my savings and investments to last another thirty years. So, for instance, when I use retirement calculators to determine how long my nest egg will last, I use 78 as my projected age of death. Several readers have written to ask how I arrived at this number.
For example, Richard wrote:
I'm wondering why you're only projecting out 30 years. You're only 48. I'm 54 (and retired) and, in my projections and calculations, I go out 40 years. I probably don't need to plan out that far, but you never know. My last surviving grandparent died just a couple years ago at age 99.
This is a great question. In fact, I believe life expectancy is the most critical factor in determining how much money you need to save — and how much you can spend. Unfortunately, it's also the variable that's most difficult to calculate with any kind of precision.
Why Is Life Expectancy So Important?
When the mainstream media publishes an article about early retirement, the comments are filled with folks who say things like, "These people are cheap. I could never live like that. Besides, what if they drop dead tomorrow? Then what good is all of that money? YOLO!"
On the other hand, early retirement forums are filled with people who go to the opposite extreme. "OMG! I can't believe you're only expecting to live until age 90. What about modern medicine? What about gene therapy? What if you live to 108? Boy, then you're going to be sorry you didn't save more!"
Both sides make valid points.
- If your assumptions about life expectancy are too optimistic, you risk not making the most of the money you've saved. If you budget as though you were going to live to 95 but end up dead by 65, you'll have a lot of money that essentially goes to waste — money you might have used to do the things you'd always dreamed of doing.
- If your assumptions about life expectancy are too pessimistic, you risk running out of money. If you make choices based on the idea that you'll die at age 65, for example, but live until 95, you'll end up broke. You'll spend decades eating beans and rice.
Here's the bottom line: If you knew when you were going to die, you could calculate how much money you'd need to get from now to then.
Pretend that next week Elon Musk announced he'd developed the Methuselah, a machine that can tell users the precise date and time of their death. It's 100% accurate and somehow can even account for accidental death. When the Methuselah comes on the market, you try it just for kicks. It tells you that you'll die on 06 November 2034. You have about seventeen years left to live.
Based on that information, you'd be able to calculate with great precision how much money you'd need in order to make it to your date of death. You'd know whether you need to continue working or could call it quits right now. You'd know whether you had enough saved to travel the world in luxury or if you needed to live a more meager existence.
Unfortunately — or fortunately, depending on your point of view — there isn't a way to tell with any precision how much longer you have to live. Elon Musk hasn't developed the Methuselah machine. (Yet.) All you can do is make an educated guess.
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One basic way to estimate your time remaining is to consult an actuarial life table. The U.S. Social Security Administration, for instance, has a basic period life table that shows how much time the average person has left to live based on their current age. A 48-year-old man like me can expect to live another 31.32 years — until I'm 79.
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As of right now, this app is Amazon only.
Wow. These developers have to get more creative with their app names, or at least get a native English speaker to help.
Kid Math Game is a cool free app where kids have to solve math problems (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) to save the earth from being destroyed by aliens. In order to shoot the aliens with lasers, the child has to answer a math problem correctly.There is also a number identification game, strangely called "Typin," some algebra, positive and negative numbers and a two-player option.
It has ads, as it seems all free Android games do, unfortunately. They are small though.
Definitely one to check out if you don't mind the ads.
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Sheri-D Wilson
Curriculum VitaeBOOKS:
Open Letter: Woman Against Violence Against Women (2014, Frontenac House)
Goddess Gone Fishing for a Map of the Universe (2012, Frontenac House)
Autopsy of a Turvy World (2008, Frontenac House)
Re:Zoom (2005, Frontenac House) Winner: 2006 Stephan G. Stephansson Poetry Award
Between Lovers (2002, Arsenal Pulp Press)
The Sweet Taste of Lightning (1998, Arsenal Pulp Press)
Girl's Guide to Giving Head (1996, Arsenal Pulp Press)
Swerve (1993, Arsenal Pulp Press)
Bull's Whip & Lamb's Wool (1989, Petarade Press)
Spoken Word Workbook: inspiration from poets who teach (Editor, Banff Centre Press)
A Tribute to this Land—The Elder Project—with Anita Crowshoe (2013, Chapbook)
I just wanna be the Stampede Queen (2012, Chapbook)
Mountain Sliding (1997, Broadsheet, Swerve Sound)
Re:Cord (2007, swerve sound)
Music arranged by Russell Broom
sweet taste of lightning (2001, swerve sound)
Music arranged by Russell Broom
I am a Closet New Yorker, Sin City (Word Up, '95, Virgin Records)
The Barcelona Bakery of No Return (2016, AFA, Sandi Somers)
The Panty Portal Project in Paris (2008, BravoFact; Sandi Somers)
Nominated four AMPIA Awards
Surf Rave Girrly Girrl (2003, BravoFact; Matt Embry)
Nominated two AMPIA Awards
Spinsters Hanging In Trees (2002, BravoFact; Michael Hamm)
Nominated two AMPIA Awards; won best Short
Inch By Inch (2001, CBC, Michael Hamm)
Airplane Paula (2001, BravoFact; Julie Trimmingham)
#1 on BRAVO TV, 2001
Nominated for five AMPIA awards
I Am A Closet New Yorker (1996, Much Music; Jill Battson)
Passing (1992, Independent; Susan Harman)
Sexy Madonna from Florence
You Tube (2010-present)
You Tube (2010-present)
The Panty Portal
You Tube (2009-present)
BravoTV - Short Festival (2011)
High Performance Rodeo Festival (2009, Calgary)
Edmonton Queer Arts & Culture Festival (2008, Edmonton)
Calgary Film Festival (2008, Calgary)
Surf Rave Girrly Girrl
High Performance Rodeo Festival (2004, Calgary)
In Search of the Perfect Tiramisu (2003) Spinsters Hanging In Trees
In Short (2011, BravofactTV)
Rocky Mountain High: The Banff Centre (2008, Harbourfront)
CISWF (2008, Calgary)
You Tube (2007-present)
The Spoke Club (2007, Toronto)
Visible Verse Festival (2004, Vancouver)
Zebra Videopoem Festival (2004, Berlin)
Fayetteville Film Festival (2004, Arkansas)
London Arts on Television (2004, London, England)
AMPIA (April 6th, 2003 – Edmonton)
24th Durban International Film Festival (2003, Durban)
St. John's International Women's Film Festival (2003)
The Banff Centre, New Media Institute (2003, Banff)
Moving Pictures Fest of Dance and Film (2003, Montreal)
Canadian Talent/Moving Pictures (2003, Dalhousie U)
High Performance Rodeo Festival (2003, Calgary)
Sarasota Film Festival (2003, Sarasota)
Celebrate Shorts (Bravo!FACT event, 2002, Toronto)
Victoria Film Festival (2002, Victoria)
Houston Film Festival (2002, Houston)
Inch by Inch
Airplane Paula
AMPIA (April 2003, Edmonton)
CISWF (2008, Calgary)
Gabriola Writer's Festival (2003, Gabriola Island)
Tidal Wave Film Festival (2003, New Brunswick)
24th Durban International Film Festival (2003, Durban)
St. John's International Women's Film Festival (2003)
The Banff Centre, New Media Institute (2003, Banff)
9th Annual Women Make Waves Festival (2002, Taiwan)
Seattle International Film Festival (2002, Seattle)
Vancouver Video/Poem Festival 2002 (Vancouver)
OYR High Performance Festival (2001, Calgary)
Victoria Film Festival (2001, Victoria)
I am a Closet New Yorker
Much Music Video
READINGS (selected):
YWCA - Benefit for Women's Shelter (2016, Canmore)
Tribute to Orunamamu (2016, Calgary)
MC - Coming Out Monologues (2016, Calgary)
Literary Saloon (2016, Canmore)
Against Racism U of C (2016, Calgary)
Michael Green Tribute (2016, Edmonton)
Woolf's Voices (2015, Calgary)
National Slam Feature (2015, Saskatoon)
WordFest (2015, Calgary)
Springboard, Fluid Fest (2015, Calgary)
Tongues of Fire 10th Anniversary (2015, Victoria)
In Concert—with Steve Coffey (2015, Calgary)
Word on the Street (2015, Saskatoon)
Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts (2015, Sechelt)
Creative Aging Festival (2015, London)
Verses Fest (2015, Ottawa)
International Women's Day (2015, Calgary)
WordSpell (2015, Toronto)
Single Onion—Poetry in the Now (2015, Calgary)
Art on the Line (2015, Kelowna, UBC-O)
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (2015, Vancouver)
Heritage Park – Concert (2014, Calgary)
llega Spoken Orality (2014, Barcelona)
National Slam Feature (2014, Victoria)
WordFest (2014, Calgary)
VI Festival de Poesía las Lenguas de América (2014, Mexico City)
Airdrie Library (2014, Airdrie)
Take Back the Night (2014, Calgary)
Stampede of Poets (2014, Calgary)
Tiny Lights Festival (2014, Ymir, BC)
The Emerald Awards (2014, Calgary)
The Triple Goddess Show, The Bowery (2014, NYC)
The Ted Talk (2014, Calgary)
Shelf Life Books - Book Launch (2014, Calgary)
ContaineR—Springboard (2014, Calgary)
Slam Feature (2014, Calgary)
Verses Festival (2014, Vancouver)
Woolf's Voices (2014, Calgary)
Wired on Words—Feature (2014, Montreal)
Women's Indie Slam—Feature (2013, Toronto)
One Voice Chorus Concert (2013, Calgary)
Feministo (2013, Montreal)
Famous Five Celebration (2013, Calgary)
Oakland Slam Feature (2013, Oakland, CA)
Sunset Poetry (2013, Sausalito, CA)
Turrets without Regrets (2013, San Francisco)
Secret Handshake Gallery (2013, Toronto)
Word on the Street (2013, Toronto)
Re:Act Walkabout (2013, Calgary)
Dyke March (2013, Calgary)
Woolf Voices (2013, Calgary)
Peoples Poetry—Opening, Street, Cabaret (2013, Calgary)
Saskatchewan Festival of Words - Five readings (2013, Moose Jaw)
Women's Words (2013, Edmonton)
Calgary Spoken Word Festival (2013, Calgary)
Banff Centre—Faculty Reading (2013, Banff)
Verses Festival (2013, Vancouver)
Mile End Poets Festival (2013, Montreal)
Calgary Art Gallery—Violence Against Women (2013, Calgary)
Canadian Authors Association (2013, Edmonton)
KLC - Kootenay Literary Competition (2013, Nelson)
Green Party/ David Suzuki (2013, Calgary)
OCAD (2012, Toronto)
Avant Garden (2012, Toronto)
Famous Five Celebration (2012, Calgary)
WordFest (2012, Banff)
WordFest (2012, Calgary)
Poet Laureate of Can/Learn Society (2012, Calgary)
Literary Market (2012, Calgary)
Feature Slam Finals/ Circus (2012, Calgary)
MIX Festival (2012, Bath, England)
Elephant Mountain Literary Festival (2012, Nelson)
Canada Day (2012, Calgary)
Drumming Up Peace (2012, Calgary)
WordFest Wild West (2012, Calgary)
Sled Island (2012, Calgary)
Maple Syrup (2012, Barcelona, Spain)
Atlantis (2012, London, England)
Calgary Spoken Word Festival (2012, Calgary/Banff)
International Day to End Racism (2012, Calgary)
Anu (2012, Vancouver)
Goddess Party, Book Launch (2012, Calgary)
Poet Laureate Showcase (2012, Calgary)
Poetry Earth (2012, Victoria)
Fancy Schmancy, Glenbow (2012, Calgary)
WOW – Women of Wisdom (2011, Calgary)
Day of the Dead (2011, Calgary)
V125PC (2011, Vancouver)
Vancouver International Writers Festival (2011, Vancouver)
Hot Poetry (2011, Vancouver)
National SLAM, CFSW, Legends of Spoken Word (2011, Toronto)
People's Poetry Festival (2011, Calgary)
Hazelwood Herb Farm (2011, Ladysmith)
Lilac Festival (2011, Calgary)
Calgary Spoken Word Festival (2011, Calgary/Banff)
I Am a Closet New Yorker (2011, Toronto)
Gabriola Poetry Festival, electronic reading (2010, Calgary)
One Book One Calgary, Mavericks (2010, Calgary)
L'Institut Canadien de Québec (2010, Québec)- édition Jorge Luis Borges
Anu (2010, Vancouver)
Calgary Film Festival/ Howl Opening (2010, Calgary)
Fearless Women (2010, Calgary)
Calgary Slam Benefit ( 2010, Calgary)
Wired on Words (2010, Montreal)
Maple Stirrup au Bowery Poetry Club (2010, New York City)
Art for Change, Harlem (2010, New York City)
Maple Stirrup en El Arco de la virgin (2010, Barcelona)
Tango Show (2010, Barcelona)
Maple Stirrup en El Colmado (2010, Barcelona)
FiEstival maelstrÖm reEvolution (2010, Brussels)
Howl on a Full Moon, CISWF (2010, Canmore)
Faculty Fresco, CISWF (2010, Banff)
ProArts Society (2010, Calgary)
Canadian Federation of University Women (2010, Edmonton)
Le Dépanneur Café (2010, Montréal)
Frost Bite Festival (2010, Whitehorse)
Calgary Slam (2010, Calgary)
Poetry Earth (2010, Victoria)
Salt Spring Island (2009, Salt Spring Island)
Canadian Festival of Spoken Word – National Slam (2009, Victoria)
Sir Franklin School (2009, Calgary)
Forest Fest (2009, Port Albirni)
Passion Pitch Poetry (2009, Calgary)
Al Mutanabbi Street (2009, Calgary)
World Book Day & Planet Poetry – Noches De Poesia (2009, Montreal)
The Yellow Door Poetry & Prose (2009, Montréal)
Blue Metropolis (2009, Montreal)
Calgary Spoken Word Festival – Bohemian Shaker (2009, Banff)
Calgary Spoken Word Festival – Faculty Textplosions (2009, Banff)
Pro-Arts Society (2009, Calgary)
UBC Okanogan (2009, Kelowna)
The New Mocombo (2009, Victoria)
World Earth Series (2009, Victoria)
Random Acts of Poetry, National (2009, Calgary)
High Performance Rodeo VideoPoem Screening (2009, Calgary)
Gabriola Island Poetry Festival (2008, Gabriola Island)
National SLAM – Headliner (2008, Calgary)
Passion Pitch Poetry (2008, Calgary)
Vancouver Writer's Festival (2008, Vancouver)
WordFest (2008, Calgary & Banff)
The Stir Festival (2008, New Mexico)
The Bowery Club (2008, New York City)
Vancouver Slam Opener (2008, Vancouver)
Robson Reading Series (2008, Vancouver)
Lethbridge Launch (2008, Lethbridge)
Toronto Book Launch (2008, Toronto)
The Banff Centre, Faculty Reading (2008, Banff)
Calgary Spoken Word Festival (2008, Calgary Banff)
Tongues of Fires (2008, Victoria)
The New Mocombo (2008, Victoria)
Voix D'Amerique (2008, Montreal)
Random Acts of Poetry, National (2008, Calgary)
Union Reading (2008, Kingston)
Hysteria Festival (2007, Toronto)
Words Without Borders (2007, Calgary)
Random Acts of Poetry (2007, Calgary, Paris)
Casa Del Popolo (2007, Montreal)
Atwater Library (2007, Montreal)
Queens University (2007, Kingston)
The Readers Series (2007, Toronto)
South Country Fair (2007, Fort McLeod)
Calgary Stampede, Rhyming Wranglers (2007, Calgary)
Calgary International Spoken Word Festival, Big Bang (2007)
Vagina Monologues (2007, Calgary)
Multi-Arts #2 (2007, Calgary)
Oxfam (2007, Calgary)
Women's Resource Centre, U of C (2007, Calgary)
Sydney Reading Series (2007, Sydney, BC)
Thought Express (2007, Calgary)
bill bissett tribute (2006, Calgary)
Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (2006, Toronto)
Roar (2006, Edmonton)
Heart of a Poet (2006, Calgary)
West Coast Poetry Festival (2006, Vancouver)
Elora Centre for the Arts (2006, Elora)
Cathedral Arts Festival (2006, Regina)
Macombo Reading Series (2006, Victoria)
Canadian Author's Association (2006, Edmonton)
Nickel and Dime, U of C (2006, Calgary)
Medicine Hat Library 100 Year Celebration (2005, Medicine Hat)
Late Night No-Name Cabaret (2005, Calgary)
CJSW Benefit (2005, Calgary)
Maple Ridge Reading Series (2005, Maple Ridge)
Vancouver International Writer's Festival (2005, Vancouver)
Wild Word, Alberta Centennial U of C (2005, Calgary)
Herland Benefit (2005, Calgary)
Wordfest (2005, Calgary)
Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (2005, Vancouver)
Roar Festival (2005, Edmonton)
Random Acts of Poetry (2005, Calgary)
CBC Strike Support (2005, Calgary)
Liberate the Voice Day (2005, Calgary)
Art Walk (2005, Lethbridge)
Howl Festival (2005, NYC)
Victoria School of Writing (2005, Victoria)
West Coast Poetry Festival (2005, Vancouver)
Forest Fest (2005, Port Albirni)
Calgary Spoken Word Festival (2005, Calgary)
Faculty Reading, Women In Words (2005, Edmonton)
Alberta Scene (2005, Ottawa)
Re:Zoom Launch (2005, Toronto, Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary)
Malaspina College Graduation (2005, Nanaimo)
Festival Voix d'Ameriques (2005, Montreal)
Vancouver Storytelling Festival (2004, Vancouver)
ACAD (2004, Toronto)
DUB Reading Series (2004, Toronto)
Claremont High School (2004, Victoria)
Parkland Secondary (2004, Victoria)
Reynolds High School (2004, Victoria)
St. Michaels University School (2004, Victoria)
Esquimalt High School (2004, Victoria)
Random Acts of Poetry, National (2004, Calgary)
Macombo (2004, Victoria)
Red School House Spoken Word Festival (2004, Kingston)
Calgary International Spoken Word Festival (2004, Calgary)
West Coast Poetry Festival (2004, Vancouver)
Words Aloud (2004, Durham)
Filling Station Reading (2004, Calgary)
Talking Fresh 2 (2004, Regina)
Uri Caine/Goldberg Variations (2004, Vancouver)
Single Onion Reading Series (2004, Calgary)
St. Mary's College (2004, Calgary)
JBI Reading Series (2003, Victoria)
Gabriola Writer's Festival (2003, Gabriola Island)
Vancouver Storyteller's Festival (2003, Vancouver)
Jazz at the Jack (2003, Calgary)
Macombo (2003, Victoria)
Edmonton Writer's Festival (2003, Edmonton)
Thundering Words Heard (2003, Vancouver)
25th Anniversery U of Vic (2003, Victoria)
Winner of the Heavyweight of Bumbershoot Festival (2003, Seattle)
Wayzgoose WestLit Festival, Nelson Arts Centre (2003, Nelson)
Audrey's Books (2003, Edmonton)
Cochrane Library Reading Series (2003, Cochrane)
ATP Poets Series (2003, Calgary)
Winner of the Superbowl of Poetry (2003, Seattle)
Edmonton Comedy Festival (2003, Edmonton)
Vancouver International Writers Festival (2002, Van.)
Winnipeg International Writers Festival (2002, Winnipeg)
Taos Poetry Circus/World Tag Team ('02, Taos, New Mexico)
Art Bar (2002, Toronto)
Macombo (2002, Victoria)
Poetry Africa 2001 (2001, Durban & Jo'burg, South Africa)
Shakespeare and Co. (2001, Paris)
Vancouver VideoPoem Festival (2001, Vancouver)
The PanCanadian Wordfest (2000, 1995, Calgary/Banff)
Bumbershoot (2003, 1999, 1992, 1991, 1989, Seattle)
Vancouver Library Readers Series (1998, Vancouver)
Blacksheep Books (1997, Vancouver)
Tribute to bill bissett, Vancouver International Writer's Fest (1997)
Poets Stroll – Headliner and Keynote Speaker (1997, Edmonton)
League of Canadian Poets Gala – National Library (1997, Ottawa)
Erotica (1997, Salt Spring Island)
Mama Bears (1997, Oakland, California)
Powell's Bookstore (1997, Portland)
Elliot Bay Bookstore (1997, Seattle)
Okay Hotel (1997, Seattle)
Spoken Word Festival (1996, Montreal)
SFU Bookstore (1996, Vancouver)
U of T Bookstore at Buddies in Bad Times (1996, Toronto)
Art Court – Lady Sings the Blues (1996, Ottawa)
Gallery 101 (1996, Ottawa)
Tongue Tied Festival (1996, Montreal)
Economy Shoe Shop (1996, Halifax)
Urban Wanderers (1996, Montreal)
Toronto Woman's Bookshop (1996, Toronto)
Queen's University (1996, Kingston)
Idler reading Series (1996, Toronto)
Orlando Books (1996, Edmonton)
U of Vic (1996, Victoria)
Vancouver Library Opening (1995, Vancouver)
The Brainwash Reading Series (1995, San Francisco)
Vancouver Folk Festival (1995, Vancouver)
University of Kitchner Waterloo (1994, Kitchner-Waterloo)
Spoken Word Festival (1994, Toronto)
SFU Downtown (1994, Vancouver)
Malcolm Lowry Room (1994, Vancouver)
Downtown Public Library (1994, Vancouver)
The Harbourfront Reading Series (1994, Toronto)
Gulf Island Festival (1993, Galiano Island)
Reading Railroad (1993, Vancouver)
Benmurgi Show (1993, Vancouver)
See Jane Fly (1992, Vancouver)
The Small Press Festival (1992, New York)
Shift Book Release (1992, Toronto)
Pro Musica Festival (1992, Vancouver)
Feminist Cabaret – Women in View (1991, Vancouver)
Small Press Festival – (1991, Vancouver)
Artropolis – Living Art (1990, Vancouver)
Community Arts Festival (1990, Vancouver)
Vancouver Small Press Festival (1989, Vancouver)
New York Small Press Festival (1989, New York City)
Sub Club Opening (1989, Toronto)
Naropa Institute 1989, Boulder, Colorado)
Threshold Gallery – Melmoth Group (1989, Vancouver)
Chatelaine Magazine, Unleash the Power of your Mind (2012, Toronto)
ffwd Mag, Book Review (2012, Calgary)
Westward (2012, Edmonton)
Avenue Mag, Self Portrait (2011, Calgary)
Geist 77, Ma & Tight Corners: Tipsy Turvy (2010, Vancouver)
Front Magazine, Ode to a Microscopic Life (2010, Vancouver)
Beat Route, Why Listen to Poetry (2010, Calgary)
Beat Route, Bedroom Eyes (2010, Calgary)
ffwd, Darwin Love (2010, Calgary)
Marco Polo Travel, Featured Canadian Artist (2009, Germany, France)
Geist, Ma and Tight Corners, Tipsy Curvy (2009, Vancouver)
Room of One's Own (2008)
Event Magazine 37/1 (April 2008, Vancouver)
Poetry on the Buses (2006, Edmonton)
Legacy Magazine, Re:Call Five Old Biddies on a Fifty (2006, AB)
Harter,The Sweet Taste of Lightning, No. 9, (2002, Berlin)
Alberta Views, Yellow-green Zulu Beads (2002, Calgary)
Poetry on the Buses, Wishbone at Tate (2002, Calgary)
Grain, Spinsters Hanging In Trees (2002, Vol. 29, No. 4, Saskatoon)
Prism International, Anthem to Daughter (2002, 40.2, Vancouver)
Dandelion, A Brief History of my Cunt (2002, Calgary)
The Calgary Herald, The Year 2000 (2000, Calgary)
Geist, Remember that Crazy Cat (1999, Vancouver)
Scarabeus: Surrealist Mag. (1998, Vancouver/Paris)
B & A, Kramer/Wilson (1998, Toronto)
Alberta Views, All The Season in Alberta are Hot (1998, Calgary)
Poetry on the Buses, Sweet Taste of Lightning, Vancouver, 1998
Grain, (1996, Saskatoon)
Poetry on the Buses, Vancouver, 1996
Scarabeus: Surrealist Mag. (1995, Vancouver/Paris)
Source of Print, The Temple of Know (1993, Hamilton)
See Jane Fly, Rover Press (1992, Vancouver)
Noise Mag (1989-1991, Vancouver)
Naropa Mag (1989, Boulder)
Open Cages, Spike Love Cage (1989, Vancouver)
Melmoth Mag – West Coast Surrealists (1988, 1989, Vancouver/Paris)
poptart mag, Dying to be Famous: Dead (1988, Vancouver)
ANTHOLOGIES (Recorded):
Le Dépanneur Café, French translation(2010, Adage édition)
spoken broken: Crow Fusion (2005, broken pencil)
Ribsauce,Spinsters Hanging In Trees (2001, Véhicule Press)
Vancouver Jazz, Keith Copeland; The Jeti of Jazz (1996)
Incantos, Tippy A-Go-Go's CD, Run(1995, Black Heron)
word up,Sin City(1995, Virgin Records)
word up,I am a Closet New Yorker (1995, Virgin Records)
ANTHOLOGIES (Print):
50+ Poems for Gordon Lightfoot (2014, Old Brewery Bay Press)
Women's Words (2013, University of Alberta)
Flicker and Spark Queer Anthology (2013, Low Brow Press)
Planet Earth Poetry (2012, Leaf Press, Victoria) Extra! Extra!
Le Dépanneur Café (2010, Noches de poesia, Adage/Montreal)
Caffe Beano, Volune 1 (2008, B House Publications)
Rhyming Wranglers, Fortis et Libre (2007, Frontenac House)
radiant danse uv being (2006, Nightwood Editions)
Spirit of the West (2006, Frontenac House)
Canadian Writers Photography Project ('04, Banff Centre Press)
Career Suicide Contemporary Literary Humour (2003, DC Books)
Side/lines (2002, Insomniac Press)
Short Fuse, Global Anthology New Fusion Poetry ('01, Norton E-Book)
Addicted: Notes From The Belly Of The Beast (2001, Greystone Books)
Love Poems For The Media Age (2001, ripple effect press)
Ribsauce (2001, Véhicule Press)
Poetry Nation (1998, Véhicule Press)
Vintage 97-98 (1998, League of Canadian Poets)
Word Up (1995, Key Porter)
Ergo! (1992, Bumbershoot Literary Magazine)
See Jane Fly (1992, Jane/Rover Press)
ESSAYS (Print):
Lyric Essay - Spoken Word
(2015, Arc Magazine)
From Poetry to Poverty
(2015, Freehand Magazine)
First Time Eyes, Unearthing Spoken Word
(2007, Canadian Theatre Review)
Addicted: Notes From The Belly Of The Beast
(2006, Greystone Books) – Reprint USA
Addicted: Notes From The Belly Of The Beast
(2001, Greystone Books)
Adventures of the Trick-Riders:
During the Apocalypse While Thinking of Jesus
OYR, High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 2006
Between Lovers: Poetry As For Play
Belfry Theatre, Victoria, 2003
OYR, High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 2003
Confessions: A Jazz Play
Tamahnous Theatre, Vancouver, 1991
(Nominated for 5 Jessie Awards)
Hung Drawn & Quartered
ATP New Works Festival, 1993
Works Festival, Edmonton, 1992
Gallery 56, Vancouver, 1991
OYR High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 1991
Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, 1990
Western Front, Vancouver, 1990
Vagina Monologues – Conversations with a C-Word
The Max Bell Theatre – Calgary, 2007
Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens Wedding – MC
High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 2007
Station Street Theatre, Vancouver, 1994
The Gathering, Toronto, 1994
Women in View, Vancouver, 1994
Brain Wash
OYR, High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 1993
Basic Enquiry, Vancouver, 1992
Mama of Dada
Surrey Art Gallery Surrealist Show, Surrey, 1992
Four Count – the cunning lingual ballistic explosion
Vancouver Fringe Festival, 1992
Temple of Know
Hamilton Artist's Inc., Hamilton, 1992
Statistics – performed with my street kids
Vancouver Performance Art Series II, 1991
Vancouver Performance Art Series, 1990
Deaf Mute in a Pear Tree
The Dance Centre, Vancouver, 1990
Madame X
Living Art Cabaret, Tamahnous Theatre, Van, 1990
Sexy and Fabulous
OYR, High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 1990
Taboo X Two
Alberta Theatre Project, Outside, Calgary, 1993
Open Space Gallery, Victoria, 1989
Fringe Festival, Edmonton, 1989
Onion Perfume
Melmoth Surrealist Show, Threshold, Van,1989
Druid Jazz: The Irish Question
Springboard Vancouver, Touchstone, 1989
SpringRites, New Play Centre, Vancouver, 1989
Man Walking
Western Front, Vancouver, 1989
Mind Tap
Mondo poptart – Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, 1988
Ellemental Secrets
Open Space Gallery, Victoria, 1988
Fringe Festival, Vancouver, 1988
Glass Slipper Amnesty Benefit, Vancouver, 1988
Beyond the Mirror, Arts Club Theatre, 1988
Along Way From Manet
poptart caberat, Savoy, Vancouver, 1988
Birds In Space
Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton, 1986
Open Cages Surrealist Show, Pitt Inter., Van, 1986
Dying to be Famous
OYR, High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 1983
Tight Wire
Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, 1983
Confessions: A Jazz Play (1991, Theatrum, Toronto)
Hung Drawn & Quartered (1993, Swerve, Arsenal, Vancouver)
Taboo X Two (1993, Swerve, Arsenal, Vancouver)
Wak! (Workshop) New Play Centre, Vancouver, 1994
The Coffee Shop (1991, Brief New Works, ATP, Calgary)
Dance Explosions, improvised show (2004, Dancers Studio West)
Classic Jam, co-created/performed (1998, Decidedly Jazz, Calgary)
Springboard Dance Show (1998, Calgary)
Boy Wonder, co-created/performed(1997, Ballet BC, Vancouver)
Kiss Project, creator (1995, 1996, Judith Marcus, Vancouver)
Spontaneous Combustion (1995, Vancouver)
Based on a Totally True Story, Mary Ellen, Mob Hit, Calgary, 2010
Vagina Monologues, Calgary, 2007
Italian American Reconciliation, Teresa, Fend Players, Vancouver
Rhythm of Torn Stars, Rain, Julian Neil, Vancouver, LA
Cambodia Pavilion, Ernestine, Theatre Public, Brian Paisley, Edmonton
Confessions: A Jazz Play, Lola, Tamhanous Theatre, Terri Snelgrove, Van.
Candida, Candida, Coconut Theatre, Martin Millerchip, Vancouver
Queens and the Great Outdoors, Grace, Conservatory, Greg Kramer, Van.
Singular Life of Albert Nobbs, Albert Nobbs, U of C, D. Davies, Calgary
Disrobing the Bride, Bride, One Yellow Rabbit, Gyl Rabi, Calgary
Measure fro Measure, Marianna, Conservatory, Greg Kramer, Vancouver
Trax: One Woman Show, Naiki Players, Gyl Rabi, Whitehorse
Josephine the Mouse Singer, One Yellow Rabbit, Brian Paisley, Calgary
Stepping Out, Ensemble, Kaleidoscope, Elizabeth Gorrie, Victoria
The Maids, Claire, Conservatory, Greg Kramer, Vancouver
The Relapse, Nurse, Open Space, Dermot Henneley, Vancouver
Cabaret, Kost/Kit Kat, Shakespeare Plus, Leon Pownell, Nanaimo
Goodnight Disgrace, Nurse, Shakespeare Plus, Leon Pownell, Nanaimo
Russell Bowers, CBC, 2014
Penn Kemp, CHRW, Gathering Voices, 2014
Sonali Karnick, CBC Montreal, All in a Weekend, 2013
Shelagh Rogers, CBC National, The Next Chapter, 2013
Russell Bowers, CBC, 2010, 2011, 2012
Jeff Collins, CBC, Poet Laureate, 2008
Kate Bland, BBC, Voices from the Middle of Nowhere, 2007
Jeff Collins, CBC w/ George Bowering, 2006
Face-Off Judge, CBC, 2006
Poet Pilot, CKUA, interview, 2006
Canada Reads, CBC national, poem commission, 2006
Alberta Scene, CKUA, Ottawa, reading/interview, 2005
GO! CBC National, Brent Bradberry / reading and inprov, 2005
West Coast Perform-Uri Caine/Goldberg Variations, M. Juk,'04
Arts Report, CBC national, interview with John Spittal, 2004
Word Beat, CBC national, interview w Lillian Allen/reading, 2004
French Radio, CBC national, interview about Montreal, 2004
Jazz at the Jack, CBC national, recording, 2003
Arts Report, CBC national, interview, 2003
The Current, CBC national, commission, 2003
Arts Report, CBC national, interview, 2003
CKUA, Reading, 2003
Absolutely Alberta, CBC poet in residence, commission, 2003
Sounds like Canada, CBC, commission, 2002
Richardson's Round-Up, CBC Face-Off, commission, 2002
Definitely Not the Opera, CBC, commission, 2002
CJSW, Road Pop's, interview, 2001
Booked on Saturday Night, CBC, interview/reading 1999
Radio Sonic, CBC, Reading with band, 1998
Morningside, CBC last week Gzowski, interview/reading, 1997
Radio Free Rainforest, CFRO Co-op Radio, Vancouver, 1996
CFRO Vancouver, Woman's Day Panel, 1990
TED TV, Talk, 2010
You Tube, VideoPoems
You Tube, Paranormals, 2009
CBC Television, Vignettes of Albertans, 2008
Global Television, Poet Laureate, 2007
The Letters, Dating Game, Ottawa, 2006
Heart of a Poet, BookTV, Half-hour documentary, Toronto, 2006
SLAM! – Access TV, Calgary, 2006
Women of Vision, Global TV, Calgary, 2006
Zed TV, CBC, Poetry with Music, 2004
A-Channel, News, Excerpt of Show, Calgary, 2003
Newsworld, CBC, Calgary, 2002
Breakfast Show, A-Channel, Brief Interview, 2000
Between the Covers, CBC, Profile/Reading, 1999
Booked on Saturday Night, Profile/Reading, 1996
Women's Channel, Take Three, Profile/Reading, 1996
Imprint, TV Ontario, Poetry Show, Reading, 1996
Zero Avenue, CBC Vancouver, Profile/Reading, 1995
Women's Channel, The Creators, Profile/Reading, 1995
Rodgers, Writers Speak Interviews, Interviewer, 1995
Imprint, TV Ontario, Beat Panel, 1991
Lip/Dub Feature, 2012
MIX Conference, Bath University, 2012
You Tube, VideoPoems, 2006-2011
Ted TV, Talk, 2010
HorizonZero, One Minute Piece, High Performance Rodeo, 2004
HorizonZero, EAT, Banff Centre, 2002 www.horizonzero.ca
Channel Rodeo, live-on-line, 2001
PanCanadian WordFest, Outloud Alive, 2001 www.outloudalive.org
Edgewise Café, 1999 www.edgewisecafe.com www.e-poets.net
Cascade, Banff Centre, 1995
Euphony, E-Zine Weekly, 1995
Edgewise Café, Telepoetics, 1995
REVIEWS (written):
Arc, summer 2002; Hornbooks of Rita K (The), Robert Kroetsch
Georgia Straight, 1997; Kate Braid
The Duthie Reader, winter 1994; Lynn Crosbie
Plus Mag. – Art Reviewer – Vancouver, 1988-1990
Eating the Seed, Andrea Thompson (2002, Estastis Press)
BOOK BLURB's:
Moving Dust, Kirk Miles (2016, Plan-B)
Changelings, Cassy Welburn (2015, Frontenac House)
Vaginas, cartografías y asteroides, Mónica González Caldeiro
unruly angels, Diane Buchanan (2011, Frontenac House)
love in a handful of dust, Kirk Ramdath (2010, Frontenac House)
Sail Away, Teen Anthology (2010)
Memoirs of a Praying Mantis, B. Lakoseljac (2010, Turtle Moons Press)
White Light Primitive Andrew Stubbs (2009, Hagio Press)
rivers...and other blackness…between us, d'bi young (2007, U of T Press)
One Stone, Barbara Pelman (2005, Ekstasis Editions)
Midnite Freak Show, ManWoman (2004, Manwoman)
To the Last Line, Marilyn Rose Brown (2004, A Shirtpocket Book)
Going to New Orleans, Charles Tidler (2004, Anvil Press)
Between the Doorposts, Isa Milman (2004, Ecstasis Press)
Reckless Women, Cecelia Frey (2004, Ronsdale Press)
Science Fiction Saint, Nancy Jo Cullen (2002, Frontenac Press)
Giving Up Poetry, with Allen Ginsberg at Hollyhock, T.Carolan (2002, Banff Centre Press)
The Post Feminist Post - Special Summer Reader, 2015
Arc Magazine, Lyric Essay - Spoken Word, 2015
FreeFall Magazine, From Poverty to Poetry, A Lyrical Essay; 2015
The Globe and Mail, Rumble in the Desert; 4000 words (July 06, 2002)
AlbertaViews, Yellow-Green Zulu Beads; Memoir (July/August, 2002)
TEACHING / WORKSHOPS, PANELS, CONFERENCES (invited):
National Slam Panel – Building Community (2015, Saskatoon)
National Slam Workshop (2015, Saskatoon)
thINK - Weekend Workshop with Regie Cabico (2015, Calgary)
Single Onion – "Poetry in the Now" (2015, Calgary)
Writer-In-Residence (2015, Vancouver, Kwantlen Polytechnic University)
thINK - Weekend Workshop with Regie Cabico (2015, Calgary)
Week-long workshops, Sir Franklin (2015, Calgary)
Calgary Slam Team Coach, 2006-2015
National Slam Panel – Building Community (2014, Victoria)
National Slam Workshop (2014, Victoria)
Airdrie ARTember – School Visits (2014, Airdrie)
Arts Academy (2014, Calgary)
YouthWrite (2014, Calgary)
Wordsworth (2014, Calgary)
Tiny Lights Festival – Workshop (2014, Ymir)
Alexandra Writer's Centre – Weekend Workshop (2014, Calgary)
Verses Festival – Master Class (2014, Vancouver)
National Forum on the Literary Arts – CC (2014, Montreal)
Canadian Festival Spoken Words - Insta-Translation (2013, Montreal)
Saskatchewan Festival of Words - Workshop (2013, Moose Jaw)
Women's Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop (2013, Edmonton)
Canadian Authors Association - Workshop (2013, Edmonton)
KLC - Kootenay Literary Competition - Workshop (2013, Nelson)
Calgary Slam Team Coach, 2006-2012
MIX, Bath England, 2012
Elephant Mountain Literary Festival - Workshop (2012, Nelson)
Spoken Word Program, Faculty & Director, Banff Centre, 2012
Vancouver Writers Festival, Spoken Word Masterclass, 2011
Edge School, 5-Day Workshop, 2011
Kooteney Lit Festival, 2011
Spoken Word Program, Faculty & Director, Banff Centre, 2011
Edge School, 5-Day Workshop, 2010
Women's Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2010
Spoken Word Program, Faculty & Director, Banff Centre, 2010
Alexandra Centre, 3-Day Workshop, Calgary, 2010
Frostbite Festival, Whitehorse, 2010
Victoria Women's Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2010
Sir John Franklin, Two-week Workshop, 2009
WordStorm Society, Nanaimo Workshop, 2009
League of Canadian Poets, Spoken Word Poetry, 2009
Edge School, 5-Day Workshop, 2009
Writers Union of Canada, High Performance Storytelling, 2009
Women's Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2009
Spoken Word Program, Faculty & Director, Banff Centre, 2009
Victoria Women's Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2009
Epcor Centre, Evening Arts Program, Calgary, 2009
YouthWrite, Writer's Guild Alberta, 2008
Women's Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2008
YouthWrite, Writer's Guild Alberta, 2007
Face-Off Judge, CBC, 2007
Women's Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2007
Victoria Women's Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2007 Performance Creation Canada, Calgary, 2007
Victoria Art Symposium, Victoria, 2006
Touring Panel, CFSW, Toronto, 2006
Leonard Cohen Society Panel, U of A, 2006
YouthWrite, Writer's Guild Alberta, 2006
Women's Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2006
Victoria Women's Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2006
Elora Centre for the Arts, 4-Hour Poetry Workshop, 2006
Writers Union of Canada, Panel on Polemics, Montreal, 2006
Face-Off Judge, CBC, 2006
Canadian Author's Association, Workshop, Edmonton, 2006
The Leadership Conference, 2-Day Workshop, Banff Centre, 2005
The Bowery Project, Poetry Workshop, NYC, 2005
Victoria School of Writing, 5-Day Workshop, 2005
Women's Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2005
Rundle College, 5-Day Workshop, 2005
Word Travels, 5 High Schools, Readings, Calgary, 2005
SFU Extension, 2-day Workshop, 2005
Women Mystics Workshop, Concordia University, Montreal, 2005
Victoria Women's Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2004
Rundle College, 5-Day Workshop, 2004
YouthWrite, Alberta Guild, 5-Day Workshop, 2004
Words Aloud,One Day Workshop, (2004, Durham)
Poet League AGM, Marketing Poetry, Panel, 2004
Women's Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2004
Luther College/Sask. Writers Guild, 1-day Workshop, 2004
Same as above, Humor & Poetry, Panel, Regina, 2004
Gabriola Writer's Festival, 1-day Workshop, 2003
Victoria Women's Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2003
AB Guild AGM, Oral Literature, Panel, Red Deer, 2003
Nelson Fine Arts Centre, 2 Day Workshop, 2003
YouthWrite, Alberta Guild, 5-Day Workshop, 2003
Women's Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2003
Periodical Writer's Association of Canada, 2003
Victoria Women's Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2003
On-Line Writing Program, Vancouver, 2002
Mount Royal College—2-day workshop, Calgary, 1997
Columbia College, Vancouver, 1996
UBC, Lecture Series, Performance Poetry, 1996
Arts Umbrella, Vancouver, 1996, 1995
Languara College, Poetry Lecture, 1994
Emily Carr, Surrealism Lecture, 1993
York University, Playwrighting workshop, 1992
Women In View, Vancouver, 1992
Camp Salish, Vancouver Island, 1992
Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, 1992
Richmond Writers Festival, 1992
Station Street, Street Kid Program, 1991
Federation of BC Writers, Vancouver, 1990
TED Talk – 2014
TED TV Presenter—2010
Alberta Librarians Association—2010
Alternative High School—2010
James Fowler High School Graduation Ceremonies—2009
Writer-In-Residence (2015, Vancouver, Kwantlen Polytechnic University)
One-on-one's, workshop, artist talk, reading
CBC—The Next Chapter—Shelagh Rodgers—May 2013
CBC—Writer in Residence—Shelagh Rodgers—Oct. Nov. Dec. 2002
Orion Scholar, University of Victoria, 1999
School of Thought: Languages Lost & Found
Founder/ Director, 2016
Calgary Spoken Word Festival
Founder/Artistic Director, 2004-2014
Spoken Word Program, Banff Centre, 2008-2012
Founder/ Director
Calgary Slam Team Coach, 2006-2012
100,000 Poets for Peace, 2011-2012
The National Slam of Canada, Producer, 2008
Organizer, Spoken Word Pilot Program, Banff, 2007
Organizer of SWAN, second round table, Banff, 2007
Calgary Slam, 2006-2012
Organizer/co-founder of SWAN, first round table, Banff, 2005
Single Onion Reading Series, co-founder/organizer, 2001-2002
Small Press Festival, co-founder/co-organizer, Van., 1988-1989
Normal Art Society, co-organizer, Vancouver, 1988-1991
Station Street, Street Youth Program, Vancouver, 1990-1991
Amnesty International Fund Raising Events, Vancouver, 1989
Portland Hotel, Poetry Project, Vancouver, 1988-1990
Commercial St. Art Festival, co-founder/co-organizer, 1989-1991
The Calgary Poet Laureate, Jury, 2016
The Saskatchewan Book Awards, Jury, 2015
The National Forum on the Literary Arts, CC, Montreal, 2014
Advisory Committee, CADA, 2010
Gerald Lampert Award, 2009-2010
Membership Committee, League of Canadian Poets, 2006-2010
Gerald Lampert Award, 2007-2008
Spoken Word & Storytelling Program, Canada Council, 2007
Banff Centre for the Arts, Advisor to Pilot Program, 2005-2007
Advisory Committee, Festivals, Canada Council, 2005
Alberta Poetry Awards, 2004
Gerald Lampert Award, 2004
Mexico/Canada Photo Exchange, Banff Centre, 2002
CBC Alberta Literary Contest, Calgary, 2002
Spoken Word and Electronic Publishing, Canada Council, '01-'02
Grants to Professional Writers, Canada Council, 1998
Writer's Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, 1998
Explorations Grant, Canada Council, 1996
Literary Advisory Committee, B.C., 1994
Explorations Grant, Canada Council, 1992-1993
Touring Grant, Canada Council, 1992
Prose Poetry Workshop, Diane di Prima, San Fran, 2011
Quincy Troupe Workshop, CISWF, 2011
The Second Half of Life, Angeles Arrien, 2008
Quincy Troupe Workshop, CISWF, 2005
Anne Waldman Workshop, CISWF, 2005
Lillian Allen Workshop, CISWF, 2004
Diane Di Prima Workshop, CISWF, 2004
Interactive Screen Workshop, Banff Centre, 2002
Netera Technology Workshop, 2001
Playwrights Workshop Montreal, Women's Millennium Project, 2000 PlayRites Colony, Banff Centre, 1997
Action Poetry Symposium, Banff Centre, 1994
Eugene Lyon Workshop, Vancouver, 1993
Naropa, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics Boulder '89
Micki Maunsell, Vancouver, 1988-2003
Richard Fowler Workshop, Odin tech., Calgary/Vic., 1989, 1982
Kose No Ko, Victoria, 1985
Acting III, Banff Centre, 1982
Mount Royal College, Theatre Department, 1981-1982
David Shein Workshop, Calgary, 1981
Royal Academy of Dance, Advanced Ballet, 1975
CanLit Award – shortlist (2015)
Robert Kroetsch Poetry Award - shortlist (2015)
City of Calgary - Arts Award (2015)
Lifetime Membership - League of Canadian Poets (2014)
Shortlisted—Exporting Alberta Award (2013)
Top Ten—Alberta Readers' Choice Award (2013)
ffwd, People's Choice Award, Best Poet (2007-2012, Calgary)
Who's Who in Canada (2006-2013, Ottawa)
Geist poll, What Canadian author would be the Best Lover? (2010, Van.)
Top Ten Poets in Canada, CBC (2009, National, Canada)
The Panty Portal–VideoPoem('09, nominated 4 ROSIE Awards)
Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry (2006, Alberta)
Re:lit Award / nomination (2006, Canada)
Women of Vision Award(2006, Alberta)
Bohemians of Calgary(2005, Avenue Magazine)
Canadian Poet of Honour Award (2005, SpoCan, Vancouver)
Canada Council for the Arts, Grant, 2005
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Grant, 2005
Surf Rave Girrly Girrl—Video (2004, nominated 2 ROSIE Awards)
Top Ten Intriguing Calgarians (2004, Calgary Herald)
Bumbershoot Heavyweight Champion, Andrei Codrescu ('03, Seattle)
Spinsters Hanging In Tree—Short Film('03,Gold, Houston Film Festival)
Spinsters Hanging In Tree—VideoPoem ('03, ACE – Gold, Best of Show)
Spinsters Hanging In Trees—Video('03, nominated 2 ROSIE Awards)
Spinsters Hanging in Trees—Video('03, Winner, ROSIE Best Short)
Poetry Bout-USA Heavyweight Champ(2003, Superbowl of Poetry, Seattle)
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Grant, 2003
Canada Council for the Arts, Grant, Theatre Section, 2003
Fortis et Liber—Poem(2002, Alberta Winner / CBC Face-Off)
Canada Council for the Arts, Grant, Spoken Word Section, 2001
Airplane Paula—Video(2001, nominated for 5 ROSIE Awards)
Confessions: A Jazz Play (1991, nominated for 5 Jessie Awards)
Spoken Word Workbook: inspiration from poets who teach, 2011
OOOO Originality Of Orality Online, 2005
SpoCan, 2006-2011
Calgary Spoken Word Society, 2004-2014 (non-voting)
Dandelion Magazine, 2003-2005
Writer's Union of Canada (2003-2014)
(Advocate, National Council, 2007-2009)
The League of Canadian Poets (1992-2014)
(Spoken Word Membership Committee, 2005-2010)
SWAN (instigator, initiator, organizer) 2005 & 2007
The Writer's Guild of Alberta
Canadian Author's Association
The Actor's Equity Association (on withdrawal)
Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artist (Actra)
Melmoth Surrealist Group (1983-2003)


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Hazra N C, Rudisill C, Gulliford M C. Determinants of health care costs in the senior elderly: age, comorbidity, impairment, or proximity to death? Eur J Health Econ. 2017. [Epub ahead of print].
Ageing on its own does not drive healthcare costs. Instead, this research found that the increasing number of health conditions and age-related impairments along with the proximity to death are more strongly linked to healthcare costs than age alone.
This UK study investigated healthcare costs in people over 80 years old. Costs increased to the mid-90s before declining again. Proximity to death was the strongest predictor of cost, which was higher for people aged 80-84: £10,027 per year versus £7,021 per year for those over 100. Multiple illnesses also had a strong influence, with each additional health complaint progressively increasing costs.
This suggests that to provide person-centred and efficient healthcare services for all, planning should take account of the number and types of conditions rather than age alone.